Beta said this was a go.. July 12th..
AN: Was
listening to: Bowling for Soup-A Hangover You Don't Deserve.
The
Wedding-Part VII-Unexpected Invitations
Three years
later, Harry Potter and Hermione Granger recieve an invitation to a
very unexpected wedding:
One evening, Hermione was
going through the post.
"Oh, Harry, Please cancel
subscriptions to all wedding magazines, PLEASE! This is
ridiculous..."
"But.. won't we need them...
we're not getting married for another two years."
"Why
don't we just elope?"
"How many people are
we inviting agaon?"
"Too many, I think we
have half the country on our guest list. Harry, did you hear what I
said?"
"I did... but I don't want your
parents to kill me.. they.. and Ron almost did before I asked
you..."
"How many months did it take you
again?"
"Um.. almost a year since I asked
Ron.. and six months after I asked your parents." \
"Why
were you so afraid?"
"Well, look at how long
it took me to even tell you how I felt... "
"Well
that's true. How in the world will you ever show up at the
wedding?"
"Um.. I was thinking
video."
"Ha, ha, very funny!"
"Okay,
Miss-Let's-Elope.. what do you suggest?"
"We
cut down the number of people and invite everyone to the
reception."
"That sounds good."
"Why
don't we just invite your parents and Ron and Luna.. okay the whole
damn Weasley family.. what are there fifty of them
now?"
"Something like that."
"We're
invited to a wedding."
"Who's?" Harry
asked.
"Uh.. To Mister Harry Potter and Miss
Hermione Granger, You are cordially invited to the marriage
celebration of Cho Talula Chang and Draco Augustus Black Malfoy, On
April the fifteenth (year) at ... (blah blah church) and the
reception to follow at the Chang estate in the East
Gardans..."
"Cho Chang and Draco Malfoy?"
Harry asked puzzled.
"Yes."
"Why
would they invite us to their wedding... I mean," he sputtered,
"He hates us and she despises us."
"I
know Harry, this is insane, if it wasn't here in print and addressed
to us, I'd think it was a mistake. But it's plain as day in Cho
Chang's handwriting. Mister Harry Potter and Miss Hermione
Granger."
"How do you know Cho Chang's
handwriting?"
"The D.A list, same
style."
"Oh. ... And you studied
it?"
"Of course, to know everyone's names in
case they betrayed us."
"Ah.. and during our
O.W.L. year?"
"Shut up, Harry."
"Why?
Why ever should I?"
"Oh, I don't know.. you
don't want me sleeping in my room tonight do you?"
"Are
you threatening me?"
"Why, yes."
"Well,
I guess I'll have to do something about that."
"Will
you now, what?"
"This," and he kissed
her.
Ron
apparated in admist this.
"You know, this is
really not something I'd like to see.. my best friends' tongues down
eachothers throats.. great," He said loud enough for them to
notice him and they sprang apart like two teenagers being caught by a
parent.
"What are you here for, Ron?" Harry
asked glaring at his male best friend, as Hermione laughed at Harry's
expression.
"I'm here to invite you to a
wedding."
"Who's?" Hermione asked
suspiciously.
"Please not Draco Malfoy and Cho
Chang's."
"Why would I invite you to
there's.. and why would they get married? You were invited to Malfoy
and Chang's wedding?"
"Yes," they
replied in unison.
"Are you going?"
"We
haven't decided yet," Harry said as Hermione said,
"Probably."
Harry looked at her.
"What?"
She asked.
"We're going?"
"Well,
yes, they did go through the trouble of inviting us.. and finding our
address.. I'm curious as to why."
"Oh,
okay."
"There wedding isn't a week from
Saturday is it?" Ron questioned.
"No,
why?"
"Because you are invited to a double
wedding."
"A... double wedding..
why?"
"Fred and George are getting
married."
"Oh."
"Are
you serious?" Harry asked.
"No Harry, I'm
not your godfather, but yes my twin brothers are getting married..
and by the way, Luna and I are expecting are first baby."
Here
begins the addition:
AN: Was listening to: Green Day:
American Idiot.
His friends gaped at him.. Ron a
father?
"Your kidding!" Hermione
exclaimed.
"Not at all, I'm going to be a
Dad!"
"I fear for your child's safety with
you, Ron," Harry said laughing.
"Why?"
"You
can't cook even toast."
"Your shite at
heating charms," Hermione followed.
"Shut
up, the both of you. I'm going to be a brilliant father, just like my
Dad. Well I need to go... and Hermione, Did you know Harry's supposed
to have twelve children?"
And Ron apparated
away.
"Was he serious, Harry?"
"Nah,
I hope not... just something Trelawnry said when Umbridge was
observing her class. Trelawnry said I would be Minister of Magic and
have Twelve children... it was just like her predictions of my death
every week, a load of crap."
"I wouldn't be
so sure, my Dad is a triplet."
"Are you
kidding?"
"No."
"Oh,
okay... How many kids do you want to have.. we've never discussed
this before."
"Hmm.. I'm not sure, why don't
we start with one and go from there."
"That
sounds like a plan."
